Alazwar

The most recent victory came at Newbury in June 2025, which is now eleven months ago, and the last six runs have produced a second place as the best result — the rest have been mid-pack finishes at best. That said, Alazwar raced just yesterday, which means this is very much a horse still in the thick of things rather than winding down.

The numbers get more interesting when you look at where and how Alazwar performs best. On normal or dry ground, the win rate jumps sharply — 2 wins from 10 races on standard conditions (20%) and 2 wins from 9 on fast, dry ground (22%). That is more than double the overall career average, and it is a clear signal that firm footing brings out something extra. The same pattern holds at distances between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, where Alazwar has won 1 from just 3 races — a 33% win rate that suggests this trip genuinely suits, even if the sample is small.

Most of Alazwar's career has been spent at Class 5 level, which is the everyday, bread-and-butter tier of British racing — not glamour events, but competitive enough that winning 4 from 19 (21%) at that level is a decent record. The trainer is Archie Watson, whose yard at Upper Lambourn has sent out 65 winners already this season, making it one of the more productive stables in the country. Regular rider Miss Brodie Hampson has been aboard for 25 of those 48 races together, winning 2 of them — about 1 in every 12 rides, which is below the horse's overall average and suggests the partnership, while established, has not quite unlocked Alazwar's best.

A horse who started it all at Huntingdon back in October 2021 and was still racing yesterday — there is a durability to Alazwar that deserves a little credit on its own.